NTHEX

Active

NORTHEAST INVESTORS TRUST

Category: US Bond (5,386 funds)

Expense Ratio

2.14%

Annual Cost per $10K

$214.00

30-Year Fee Drag per $10K

$34,599

at 7% annual return

Fund Type

Mutual Fund

Active

Trailing 12-Month

+11.18%

Asset Allocation

US Equity

18%

US Bond

78%

Intl Bond

Fee Comparison

NTHEX

2.14%

US Bond average

0.76%

US Bond cheapest

ABIMX

0.00%

Index benchmark

0.03%

182% more expensive than category average

Historical Returns

Monthly total returns (dividends reinvested) from SEC N-PORT filings · As of December 2025 · Updated quarterly

+33.30%3Y

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Investment

Years

Annual Return

NTHEX at 2.14%$207,618

At index rates (0.03%)$377,424

Zero fees (theoretical)$380,613

Total fee drag$172,994

Cost vs index fund−$169,806

Similar Funds (100)

Ranked by allocation similarity weighted by fund size · Returns (dividends reinvested) from SEC N-PORT filings · As of December 2025

Ticker	Name	ER	1yr	3yr	5yr
NTHEX	NORTHEAST INVESTORS TRUST	2.14%	+11.18%	+10.05%	+6.29%
VBTSX	VANGUARD TOTAL BOND MARKET INDEX FUND	—	—	—	—
MWTNX	TCW METWEST TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND	0.57%	+5.36%	+5.27%	-0.83%
FIWGX	Strategic Advisers Fidelity Core Income Fund	0.16%	+3.62%	+3.67%	+0.28%
LCSAX	LoCorr Long/Short Commodities Strategy Fund	2.37%	-2.40%	-3.23%	+2.06%
NTBAX	Navigator Tactical Fixed Income Fund	1.32%	+1.32%	+6.04%	+2.97%
PIINX	PIMCO Income Fund	1.08%	+9.19%	+8.66%	+4.05%
VBSSX	VANGUARD SHORT-TERM BOND INDEX FUND	—	—	—	—
ABNDX	Bond Fund of America	1.04%	+5.29%	+4.96%	-0.25%
FFSAX	Touchstone Strategic Trust-Touchstone Flexible Income Fund	1.82%	+4.86%	+6.65%	+2.74%
JCBPX	JPMorgan Core Bond Fund	1.33%	+3.25%	+3.03%	-0.39%
VIBSX	VANGUARD INTERMEDIATE-TERM BOND INDEX FUND	—	—	—	—
BBCPX	Bridge Builder Core Plus Bond Fund	0.16%	+6.72%	+6.55%	+0.85%
CCBFX	Capital Group Central Corporate Bond Fund	—	+3.73%	+4.53%	—
JCPPX	JPMorgan Core Plus Bond Fund	1.14%	+3.47%	+3.44%	-0.03%
FBKWX	Fidelity Total Bond Fund	0.75%	+3.99%	+4.27%	+0.57%
OWCIX	Old Westbury Credit Income Fund	0.91%	+7.27%	+6.38%	+0.94%
PZRMX	PIMCO Inflation Response Multi-Asset Fund	2.40%	+12.43%	+9.14%	+7.83%
GIBRX	Guggenheim Total Return Bond Fund	0.49%	+6.52%	+7.11%	+0.66%
BAGSX	Baird Aggregate Bond Fund	0.55%	+5.24%	+5.74%	-0.32%
JAFLX	Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Portfolio$1M min	0.82%	+5.60%	+5.10%	-0.20%
FFRAX	Fidelity Advisor Floating Rate High Income Fund	0.73%	-5.49%	-16.23%	-20.26%
RNDLX	RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Income Fund	1.77%	+6.11%	+8.19%	+2.95%
PLFLX	Aristotle Floating Rate Income Fund	1.05%	+6.56%	—	—
QCBMFX	College Retirement Equities Fund - Core Bond Account	—	+5.65%	+6.14%	—
PTTAX	PIMCO Total Return Fund	0.85%	+6.80%	+6.27%	-0.08%
HIGFX	American High Income Trust	0.32%	+8.57%	+10.59%	+7.12%
FCSKX	Franklin Convertible Securities Fund	0.51%	+16.81%	+13.70%	+8.68%
FSMUX	Strategic Advisers Municipal Bond Fund	0.19%	-0.43%	+2.92%	—
JDYRX	PGIM High Yield Fund	0.74%	+8.73%	+8.45%	+4.68%
FIQVX	Fidelity Convertible Securities Fund	0.60%	+19.13%	+11.26%	+9.04%
MCOAX	NYLI MacKay Convertible Fund	0.94%	+14.39%	+9.56%	+8.73%
NCIDX	Columbia Convertible Securities Fund	0.79%	—	—	—
IIBAX	VOYA INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND	1.43%	+5.27%	+6.06%	-0.11%
RANAX	American Funds Strategic Bond Fund	1.41%	+4.72%	+3.06%	-1.64%
FBNDX	Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund	0.75%	+3.44%	+3.44%	-0.20%
JHYUX	JPMorgan High Yield Fund	0.50%	+8.26%	+8.74%	+5.45%
RPHYX	RIVERPARK SHORT TERM HIGH YIELD FUND	1.20%	+4.43%	+5.26%	+3.90%
GFRAX	Goldman Sachs High Yield Floating Rate Fund	0.72%	+4.46%	+8.13%	+5.57%
AIBAX	Intermediate Bond Fund of America	0.65%	+4.50%	+3.52%	+0.82%
ARBOX	ABSOLUTE CONVERTIBLE ARBITRAGE FUND	1.73%	+7.63%	—	—
JMTNX	Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund	0.88%	+9.02%	+9.06%	+3.67%
FDBLX	Federated Hermes Corporate Bond Fund	0.59%	+4.10%	+4.66%	+0.61%
VBLTX	VANGUARD LONG-TERM BOND INDEX FUND	—	—	—	—
EARRX	Short Duration Inflation-Protected Income Fund	1.10%	+5.84%	+5.66%	+4.75%
BRMSX	Bramshill Income Performance Fund$1M min	1.44%	+3.14%	—	—
GAKPX	Goldman Sachs Core Fixed Income Fund	1.46%	+5.52%	+5.82%	-0.33%
BBTBX	Bridge Builder Core Bond Fund	0.12%	+5.74%	+6.07%	+0.23%
FARAX	Fulcrum Diversified Absolute Return Fund	1.20%	—	—	—
PTCIX	PIMCO Long-Term Credit Bond Fund$1M min	1.51%	+4.91%	+7.93%	-1.74%
CMBKX	American Funds Multi-Sector Income Fund	0.70%	+7.28%	+9.22%	+3.57%
CNLCX	American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund	1.43%	+4.03%	+0.36%	-0.38%
GDMZX	Defensive Market Strategies Fund	0.92%	+9.49%	+10.44%	+7.74%
PGCAX	PIMCO Investment Grade Credit Bond Fund	1.34%	+6.46%	+7.54%	+0.46%
BICCX	Sterling Capital Total Return Bond Fund	1.45%	-7.49%	-0.75%	-4.12%
PTOAX	PIMCO StocksPLUS Absolute Return Fund	1.35%	+20.28%	+22.41%	+16.13%
WACIX	Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund	0.79%	+5.35%	+5.34%	-1.73%
UINCX	Victory Income Fund	0.84%	+5.93%	+6.54%	+0.81%
DDCFX	DoubleLine Core Fixed Income Fund	0.50%	+5.99%	+6.30%	+0.72%
LIGRX	Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund	0.74%	+5.16%	+6.18%	+1.27%
PRCIX	T. Rowe Price New Income Fund, Inc.	0.44%	+2.96%	+2.49%	-0.77%
WAPIX	Western Asset Core Bond Fund	0.80%	+5.27%	+5.29%	-1.43%
FTRFX	Federated Hermes Total Return Bond Fund	0.69%	+3.16%	+2.84%	-0.13%
PFIFX	SAM Flexible Income Portfolio	1.80%	+9.01%	+9.08%	+4.36%
MHYSX	NYLI MacKay High Yield Corporate Bond Fund	0.56%	+6.61%	+8.80%	+5.29%
JADFX	Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Fund	0.83%	+5.24%	+4.84%	-0.52%
TAIBX	PGIM Core Bond Fund	0.96%	+6.47%	+6.40%	+0.02%
NECRX	Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund	1.49%	+4.66%	+4.77%	-0.91%
SACTX	SPIRIT OF AMERICA INCOME FUND	1.88%	-8.07%	-5.58%	-9.40%
PCRRX	PIMCO CommodityRealReturn Strategy Fund	1.25%	+13.60%	+2.93%	+11.89%
TRKZX	T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund, Inc.	0.60%	+8.32%	+9.55%	+5.47%
BOND	PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund	0.54%	+6.39%	+6.50%	+0.19%
PHYAX	PIMCO High Yield Fund	0.85%	+7.83%	+9.11%	+4.47%
VAADX	Virtus Convertible Fund	0.62%	+22.71%	+13.03%	—
CFAMX	Short-Term Bond Fund of America	0.66%	+4.79%	+3.99%	+1.63%
BKLN	Invesco Senior Loan ETF	0.65%	+7.19%	+8.20%	+5.50%
MWCPX	TCW METWEST UNCONSTRAINED BOND FUND	0.89%	+7.44%	+7.78%	+3.02%
SRLN	SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF	0.70%	+7.34%	+8.84%	+5.70%
BIMSX	Baird Intermediate Bond Fund	0.55%	+5.68%	+5.54%	+0.81%
GGKPX	Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund	0.48%	+10.00%	+11.07%	+8.02%
EIBRX	Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston	0.66%	+7.89%	+9.49%	+5.83%
HYSAX	PGIM Short Duration High Yield Income Fund	1.00%	+7.50%	+8.02%	+5.38%
FTKFX	Fidelity Total Bond K6 Fund	0.30%	+3.85%	+4.06%	+0.54%
TSRSX	Thornburg Strategic Income Fund	0.53%	+6.59%	+7.11%	+3.54%
TBBWX	Nuveen Core Bond Fund	0.29%	+5.55%	+6.37%	+0.53%
FIHAX	Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund	0.75%	+7.20%	—	—
FGQMX	Fidelity High Income Fund	1.85%	-7.28%	-25.13%	-31.57%
PLDCX	PIMCO Low Duration Income Fund	1.71%	+8.30%	+7.59%	+3.80%
ANGLX	Angel Oak Multi-Strategy Income Fund	1.64%	+6.97%	+6.21%	+2.16%
TGCFX	TCW Core Fixed Income Fund	0.56%	+6.24%	+5.60%	-0.44%
FGNSX	Strategic Advisers Tax-Sensitive Short Duration Fund	0.09%	+3.45%	+3.52%	+2.02%
BFCAX	American Funds Corporate Bond Fund	1.48%	+2.89%	+3.82%	-0.85%
DDLDX	DoubleLine Low Duration Bond Fund	0.70%	+5.59%	+6.23%	+3.15%
MMHDX	NYLI MacKay High Yield Muni Bond Fund	1.62%	+1.85%	+6.90%	+1.33%
PARRX	PIMCO Real Return Fund	0.75%	+6.06%	+4.64%	+1.53%
MSTVX	Morningstar Alternatives Fund$1M min	1.39%	+5.12%	+6.33%	+4.23%
CCVCX	Calamos Convertible Fund	0.88%	+23.13%	+12.96%	+7.00%
JHBDX	Select Bond Trust	0.85%	+5.49%	+5.59%	-0.38%
CNSAX	Invesco Convertible Securities Fund	0.67%	+17.24%	+10.71%	+7.16%
PLSTX	Aristotle Strategic Income Fund	0.94%	+6.71%	—	—
QCILFX	College Retirement Equities Fund - Inflation-Linked Bond Account	—	+6.04%	+5.09%	—

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